[Husker] Staying Put

[Rod Wellman]

I disagree.  Buffalo had a really dismal, dismal win/loss record.  I'm  
sure someone else has the exact stats, but Turner winning just a few  
games in each of his first two seasons proved to me he WAS ready to be  
a head coach the instant he took the job.  He did it with the current  
players...the same players that routinely won maybe one game a year.   
Why is Turner a hot topic in his third year?  Because it's JUST his  
third year and he's already delivered a division championship  
to...BUFFALO!  Remarkable.  The rest of the nation didn't have a clue  
as to how good of a head coach Turner could be.  I think a lot of us  
as Husker fans did.  Did we miss out on a good coach?  We know we  
did.  But we also GOT a good coach.  Between the two, we had an  
embarrassment of riches, if you ask me.  Either one looked like a good  
choice.  We couldn't go wrong.  (So far the Bo Pellini choice looks  
good, but time will tell the complete story).

Rod W.
Sioux City, Ia.

On Dec 17, 2008, at 8:08 AM, David Strong wrote:

>> How many of you who said last year that TG hadn't proven anything  
>> in Buffalo and that he wasn't >really doing that great of a job up  
>> there and he wasn't ready to coach a big time football program >are  
>> enjoying the crow you are now eating. Tastey huh.
>
>
> I don't remember there ever being a post to this list that either  
> said or implied that Turner had not proved anything at Buffalo.   
> Neither was there any post that said or implied that he wasn't doing  
> a great job there.  I also don't remember any post that said he  
> wasn't ready for a big time football program.  I remember several  
> posts, mine included, that said that last year he was not ready to  
> be the head coach at Nebraska.  He wasn't.  He had been a head coach  
> 2 years and had a losing season in both.  It is now a year later and  
> Turner is a hot topic.  Is he now ready to be the head coach at  
> Nebraska?  I don't know,  maybe.  Definitely more so than last  
> year.  But he wasn't ready last year and no one was ready to give  
> him the big job (here or anywhere else) last year.  No crow on my  
> plate or anyone else's on the list.
>
> Did anyone else see how choked up Turner was during the postgame  
> interview on the field after the Ball State game?  He could barely  
> talk, tears welling up in his eyes.  They cut the interview short  
> and he turned and went into the arms of his AD and sobbed and  
> sobbed.  He is one hell of a guy.
>
> Dave
>
>
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Rod Wellman
Sioux City, Ia.